Foliage

Carex comans 'Bronze' - New Zealand Hair Sedge

Tropical Foliage Plants (556 readers)

Contributed by amazon 18.07 2007 on 10:09:21 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

A Growers Guide | Previously illustrated with black and white photographs, this reference now provides professionals with a colorful guide to the production of commercial foliage crops. Featuring updated and expanded information, including cultural changes, new technological advances, and eight new foliage crops, the guide now covers more than 70 species of foliage appropriate to commercial environments—anthuriums, bromeliads, ferns, bamboos, birds-of-paradise, and African violets. In addition t ...

Hosta 'Lakeside Dragonfly' - Hosta (745 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.02 2008 on 12:13:24 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Shade Loving Hosta Lakeside Dragonfly | Medium-large hosta with blue-green foliage and irregular white margins. Strong and fast grower. ...

Hosta 'Bressingham Blue' - Hosta (858 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.07 2007 on 12:07:28 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

One of the bluest leaved hostas. Heart shaped blue-green leaves. White flowers in July. Foliage is 16-20 inches tall. Outstanding accent in the shade garden. ...

Hosta 'Independence' - Hosta (692 readers)

Contributed by amazon 24.09 2007 on 09:44:46 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

(Plantain lily) Sport of Hosta Revolution. Green foliage with irregular white margins, speckled green. Lavender flowers. Unequaled for their beautiful foliage, low care, and many landscape uses. Hosta provide bright color in the shade with handsome, broad, ribbed foliage in many colors. Very showy from early spring until late fall. Excellent for shade, sun or partial shade....they dont need dividing. Grown even in moist locations. Plant 18-24 apart. They take about 1 year to establish themselves ...

Foliage (505 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.07 2007 on 10:52:50 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

Plant foliage brings drama and structure to the garden with color, shape, and texture all its own. Bright, cheerful flowers may have beauty-pageant appeal that gets noticed by passers-by, but where would all those pretty floral faces be without the stalwart presence of foliage? Every garden benefits from an inspired selection of plants chosen for the beauty of their leaves, and the harmony their presence brings to the entire landscape. ...

Cyclamen cilicium - Cyclamen (870 readers)

Contributed by amazon 11.07 2007 on 12:06:26 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Cyclamen are wonderful plants prized not only for their dainty flowers but for their distinctive heart-shaped foliage that brightens the garden long after the flowers have disappeared. They thrive where few other flowers grow, even in dry shade under trees! Very long lived, they slowly spread to large clumps giving you years of delight. This variety has been cultivated since 1598! Marbled foliage grows in spring; rosy pink flowers bloom in fall ...

Geranium phaeum 'Springtime' - Variegated Mourning Widow (685 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.09 2007 on 18:30:53 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

White Marbled Foliage | A superb geranium with attractive, marbled foliage in pring, followed by a display of nodding, dark-maroon flowers. Good for damp shade. ...

Nicotiana glauca - Tree Tobacco (693 readers)

Contributed by amazon 05.07 2007 on 12:01:04 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Article's text

Large tobacco species growing up to the size of a small tree. Bluish foliage with rubber texture. Small tubular yellow flowers, about 4 cm long. Huge plant, 3 to 4 m high. Needless to say, this plant needs a very big container. Toxic foliage containing an alkaloid similar to nicotine. Hardy to -5 Celsius. From South america. ...

Hosta 'Liberty' - hosta (621 readers)

Contributed by amazon 25.01 2008 on 09:21:09 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Thick and large, central green leaves with creamy-white margin. . Unequaled for their beautiful foliage, low care, and many landscape uses. Hosta provide bright color in the shade with handsome, broad, ribbed foliage in many colors. Very showy from early spring until late fall. Excellent for shade, sun or partial shade....they dont need dividing. Grown even in moist locations. Plant 18-24 apart. They take about 1 year to establish themselves. ...

Acer palmatum atropurpureum - Japanese Red Maple (8216 readers)

Contributed by amazon 17.05 2007 on 21:33:10 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Article's text

Considered the most graceful of all maples. This versatile landscaping tree really stands out with deep blood red, finely cut foliage in spring. 15-25 tall with similar spread. Japanese Red Maples foliage is most colorful in full sun. Super hardy. 2 - 3 plants. Deer tend to avoid. Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum ...

Heuchera 'Bressingham Hybrids' - Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells (999 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.06 2007 on 07:02:48 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Compact, mounding, plants produce new leaves that display a coppery bronze color maturing to deep green. Varieties offer a range of foliage color and patterns. They are North American plants that are usually grown for their ornamental foliage alone. Great in woodland gardens as well as border, or accent plants. Divide every 3-4 years as needed in fall. Good cut flower, attracts hummingbirds. ...

Stachys densiflora 'Hummelo' - Common Betony (715 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.09 2007 on 07:43:55 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Family: Lamiaceae. In summer, slender stems bearing loose spikes of flwoers rise from the clumps of low-growing foliage. make wonderful additions to specialty gardens, edges or the front of borders. Green foliage, purple flowers. ...

Alocasia odora - Giant Upright Elephant Ear (802 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.08 2007 on 09:54:09 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Article's text

ELEPHANT EARS ~ ENORMOUS FOLIAGE! Striking foliage with large, deep green upright leaves provides for a dramatic effect in a container or the garden. Grow in moist soil . ...

Eucalyptus gunnii - Cider Gum (957 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.07 2007 on 10:10:16 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Article's text

Eucalyptus is an enormous and fascinating genus. It comprises over 700 species, and accounts for more than two-thirds of Australias vegetation. It is unfortunate that they are frequently regarded as not being reliably hardy outside of the subtropics, because it discourages people from planting them in cooler areas. There are many reasons to plant a eucalyptus--to begin with, they help to control aphids and other insects, most of them will grow rapidly, even in poor soil (12 per year is not out o ...

Geranium maculatum 'Elizabeth Ann' - wild geranium (903 readers)

Contributed by amazon 11.07 2007 on 11:56:27 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Hardy Geranium maculatum Elizabeth Ann Family: Geraniaceae Origin: The species is native to the United States. A compact mound of dark, coffee colored foliage is covered in light-pink flowers for several weeks in summer. Very unusual foliage color for this species. Geraniums are trouble free plants. They prefer sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. This species needs shade and moisture during hot-summers. The perennial border, alongside streams or in the wildgarden. ...

Consider the Leaf (727 readers)

Contributed by amazon 10.04 2007 on 10:30:43 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Filled with plant suggestions and hints for successfully incorporating foliage into your garden, this book explains basic leaf shapes and tonal palettes, and how to pleasingly balance them in your garden. ...

Hosta 'Lakeside Cupcake' - Hosta (665 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.02 2008 on 12:09:51 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Shade Loving Hosta Lakeside Cupcake | Unique small hosta with elegant variegated leaves which grow in a cup shape. Ivory flowers. ...

Tradescantia x andersoniana 'Concord Grape' - Virginia Spiderwort (1303 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.07 2007 on 10:52:58 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Family: Commelinaceae; Origin: Hybrid origin; A clumping mass of thick upright stems with long drooping leaves and pretty 3-petaled flowers that twine themselves around the foliage. This cultivar has purple flowers and superior blue-green foliage that stays good through the season.b> Prefers good, moist soil. Nice in the border, wild gardens or for naturalizing. ...

Hosta 'Center of Attention' - Hosta (708 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.07 2007 on 11:45:16 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Small to medium hosta. Heart-shaped leaves with creamy yellow centers surrounded by 2-tone green margins whcih also streak into the center. Lavender flowers. PPAF ...

Hosta 'Little Red Rooster' - Hosta (987 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.11 2007 on 09:08:46 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Plantain lily | A cross betwee Hosta Wiggle Worm and Hosta Red Sox. Intriguing reddish colored stems and flower stalks. Pale lavender flowers. Unequaled for their beautiful foliage, low care, and many landscape uses. Hosta provide bright color in the shade with handsome, broad, ribbed foliage in many colors. Very showy from early spring until late fall. ...